Stranded at Sea
Title | Stranded at Sea PDF eBook |
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Lost and Stranded
Title | Lost and Stranded PDF eBook |
Author | Sprinkle Timothy |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 999 |
Release | 2017-11-14 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1510727728 |
For anyone who spends time in the backcountry, understanding not only what sorts of dangers you can run into out there but also exactly what those risks can do to you is part of being a smart, well informed outdoor traveler. In Lost and Stranded, author Timothy Sprinkle breaks down the perils that can befall hikers, hunters, and other outdoor enthusiasts. There are animal encounters, weather events (lightning strikes), parasites (giardia), biting insects (bees/wasps), winter hazards (avalanches), natural disasters (forest fires), hypothermia, dehydration, disorientation, and much, much more to worry about. Although these risks are generally well known, what’s less understood by many adventurers is what exactly happens to you when, say, you become malnourished in the backcountry. What does it feel like? How does the condition progress? How long do you generally have before the body shuts down? What helps or hurts when you’re fighting for survival? Lost and Stranded will answer these questions and many more by taking an inside look at more than two dozen outdoor hazards. Each one will include a narrative section that dramatizes the experience of a certain situation based on real-world events. From there, information from expert sources—medical doctors, first responders, wildlife experts, and others—will fill in the details around exactly how each scenario plays out on the ground, followed by suggestions on how to avoid or survive each risk factor, making this book is a vital resource for outdoor travelers.
Stranded, but not lost
Title | Stranded, but not lost PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy Bromyard |
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Release | 1873 |
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Congressional Record
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Pages | 948 |
Release | 1879 |
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Beeson's Inland Marine Directory
Title | Beeson's Inland Marine Directory PDF eBook |
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Pages | 298 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Shipping |
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Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States
Title | Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States PDF eBook |
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Pages | 768 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Merchant marine |
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The Lost Art of Walking
Title | The Lost Art of Walking PDF eBook |
Author | Geoff Nicholson |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781594489983 |
How we walk, where we walk, why we walk tells the world who and what we are. Whether it's once a day to the car, or for long weekend hikes, or as competition, or as art, walking is a profoundly universal aspect of what makes us humans, social creatures, and engaged with the world. Cultural commentator, Whitbread Prize winner, and author of Sex Collectors Geoff Nicholson offers his fascinating, definitive, and personal ruminations on the literature, science, philosophy, art, and history of walking. Nicholson finds people who walk only at night, or naked, or in the shape of a cross or a circle, or for thousands of miles at a time, in costume, for causes, or for no reason whatsoever. He examines the history and traditions of walking and its role as inspiration to artists, musicians, and writers like Bob Dylan, Charles Dickens, and Buster Keaton. In The Lost Art of Walking, he brings curiosity, imagination, and genuine insight to a subject that often strides, shuffles, struts, or lopes right by us.